Overview
- House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a Senate plan that funded most of the Department of Homeland Security but left Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for a later fight.
- The Senate plan passed unanimously and offered the House a way to end the partial shutdown by restoring money to agencies like the Transportation Security Administration.
- Airports continue to see long security lines as many TSA workers go unpaid, and some ICE personnel have been temporarily sent to help at major hubs.
- The White House said it would pay TSA by redirecting money from ICE accounts, a move critics describe as an unlawful end run around Congress’s control of spending.
- Analysts say Johnson’s stance hands Democrats a clearer case to blame House Republicans, while a right-leaning outlet reports unconfirmed talk that Senate Republicans may try to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three years using budget reconciliation.